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DNA Transposable Elements

Known as: Transposable Element, DNA, Transposable Element, DNA Transposable Element 
Discrete segments of DNA which can excise and reintegrate to another site in the genome. Most are inactive, i.e., have not been found to exist… 
National Institutes of Health

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DNA Insertion ElementsInterspersed Repetitive SequencesMobile Dispersed Genetic ElementsMutagenesis, Insertional

Narrower (5)

DNA TransposonsInsertion Sequence ElementsTnsA protein, E coliTnsC protein, E coli

Broader (1)

transposon/insertion element

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Highly Cited
2016
Highly Cited
2016
Additional file 8: of The contribution of transposable elements to size variations between four teleost genomes
2004
2004
A simulation of P element horizontal transfer in Drosophila
Experimental data suggest that the P transposable element has invaded the Drosophila melanogaster genome after a horizontal… 
Review
2002
Review
2002
RNA-Mediated RNA Degradation in Transgene- and Virus-Induced Gene Silencing
Abstract In the RNA world hypothesis it is postulated that RNA was the first genetic molecule. Recent discoveries in gene… 
1999
1999
A Tourist element in the 5′-flanking region of the catalase gene CatA reveals evolutionary relationships among Oryza species with various genome types
Tourist-OsaCatA, a transposable element, was found in the 5′-flanking region of the rice gene CatA. The characteristics of this… 
1999
1999
Trans-activation of a maize Ds transposable element in transgenic wheat plants expressing the Ac transposase gene
Abstract To develop a transposon tagging system in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), transgenic wheat lines containing a transposase… 
1995
1995
A two-element Enhancer-Inhibitor transposon system in Arabidopsis thaliana
The Enhancer-Inhibitor (En-I), also known as Suppressor-mutator (Spm-dSpm), transposable element system of maize was modified and… 
1995
1995
The role of subterminal sites of transposable element Ds of Zea mays in excision
Transposition depends on DNA sequences located at or near the termini of the transposon. In the maize transposable element Ds… 
1990
1990
Characterization of enhancer-of-white-apricot in Drosophila melanogaster.
The white-apricot (wa) allele differs from the wild-type white gene by the presence of the retrovirus-like transposable element… 
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Temporal and Spatial Regulation of Plant Genes
First attempts to isolate plant genes were for those genes that are abun dantly expressed in a particular plant organ at a… 
1980
1980
Recombination genes on the Escherichia coli sex factor specific for transposable elements.
The Escherichia coli sex factor stimulates precise excision of transposons Tn5 and Tn10 from sites either within the bacterial…